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EVELETH, Minn.— More than 400 United Taconite employees on Minnesota's Iron Range are expected to be off the job for up to six months. Lower prices in an oversupplied steel market are blamed for the temporary layoffs in Eveleth and Forbes. The Star Tribune reports hundreds of workers remain on layoff at three other mining operations in Minnesota.

VIRGINIA, Minn.— The United Steelworkers union says it expects all laid off employees at U.S. In a statement on the Local 1930 website, local president Lowell Carlon says the company has already recalled 68 maintenance and other employees in preparation. The Mountain Iron facility employs about 1,500 people.

March 25- United States Steel Corp said it would consolidate its North American flat-rolled operations and temporarily idle its operations at Granite City, Illinois, citing weak demand and falling steel prices. A stronger dollar has made imports cheaper and steel from China has been flooding the U.S. market in the past few quarters, hurting prices and leading...

March 25- United States Steel Corp said it would consolidate its North American flat-rolled operations and temporarily idle its operations at Granite City, Illinois. The company is issuing notices to 2,080 workers at Granite City Works under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act as part of the consolidation. U. S. Steel had about 23,000...